Bobby Mitchell I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday (2-CD Deluxe Box Set)

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Bobby Mitchell: I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday (2-CD Deluxe Box Set)

2-CD box (LP-size) with 20-page book, 47 tracks. Playing time approx. 111 mns.

Continuing our exploration of New Orleans R&B on the classic Imperial label, we're pleased to announce that we've assembled the complete Imperial recordings of the hugely under-rated Bobby Mitchell. Although he recorded the original versions of I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday (later recorded with great success by Fats Domino) and You Always Hurt The One You Love (later recorded with even greater success by Clarence Frogman Henry), Bobby Mitchell has never got his due either as a singer or songwriter.

It's no exaggeration to say that he was second only to Fats Domino for his success in showing how New Orleans R&B could adapt to rock 'n' roll. The fabulous '50s New Orleans sound is more popular than ever now, and Bobby Mitchell is one of the great neglected talents. It's time for a little belated recognition. This compilation also contains his Sho-Biz, Ron and Rip recordings.

“I’m gonna be a wheel someday,

I’m gonna be some-body

I’m gonna be a real gone cat,

Then I won’t want you.“

The words that became a rock ‘n’ roll classic nearly 40 years ago were first released by a man who ironically had little connection with those words of vehicular cool. Bobby Mitchell never came close to becoming a ‘wheel’ in the record business. A singer with a powerful tenor-baritone voice and a style somewhere between his two Imperial Records labelmates, Fats Domino and Smiley Lewis, Bobby was still a beloved favorite son of rhythm & blues fans in New Orleans. Record collectors of both New Orleans R&B and vocal groups worldwide who were able to find his records have long recognized his greatness.

On a personal level, Bobby was always the opposite of the put-down the song describes. A family man, he and his wife Marcia raised eight children. Until his death in 1989, Bobby was a walking, talking, singing goodwill ambassador of New Orleans rhythm & blues. He was an integral part of the revival of interest in the music in the 1980s, from his performances at shows including the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival to his long-running radio show on WWOZ. Appropriately, Bobby’s face graced the first ever cover of ‘Wavelength’, the New Orleans music magazine, in November 1980.

Bobby’s story starts out on wheels on August 16, 1935, when he is born in a taxicab at Brooklyn and Houma Street, next to the Ferry in Algiers, Louisiana across the Mississippi River from New Orleans. Like his birth, Bobby’s childhood is not easy, as he told Jeff Hannusch in the first issue of ‘Wavelength’...

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Interpret: Bobby Mitchell
Album titlle: I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday (2-CD Deluxe Box Set)
Genre R&B, Soul
Label Bear Family Records
Edition 2 Deluxe Edition
Preiscode BI
Artikelart Box set
EAN: 4000127159618
weight in Kg 0.9

Mitchell, Bobby - I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday (2-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 1
01	I'm Crying	Bobby Mitchell
02	Rack 'Em Back	Bobby Mitchell
03	I'm A Young Man	Bobby Mitchell
04	Angel Child	Bobby Mitchell
05	The Wedding Bells Are Ringing	Bobby Mitchell
06	Meant For Me	Bobby Mitchell
07	One Friday Morning	Bobby Mitchell
08	4 x 11 = 44	Bobby Mitchell
09	Baby's Gone	Bobby Mitchell
10	Sister Lucy	Bobby Mitchell
11	She Couldn't Be Found	Bobby Mitchell
12	Schoolboy Blues	Bobby Mitchell
13	Nothing Sweet As You	Bobby Mitchell
14	I Cried	Bobby Mitchell
15	I Wish I Knew	Bobby Mitchell
16	I'm In Love	Bobby Mitchell
17	Try Rock & Roll	Bobby Mitchell
18	I Fell For You	Bobby Mitchell
19	You Are My Angel	Bobby Mitchell
20	No No No	Bobby Mitchell
21	I Try So Hard	Bobby Mitchell
22	Goin' Round In Circles	Bobby Mitchell
23	I've Got My Fingers Crossed	Bobby Mitchell
24	How Long (Must I Wait)	Bobby Mitchell

Mitchell, Bobby - I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday (2-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 2
01	Sixty Four Hours	Bobby Mitchell
02	You Always Hurt The One You Love	Bobby Mitchell
03	I Love To Hold You (More And More)	Bobby Mitchell
04	I Would Like To Know	Bobby Mitchell
05	I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday	Bobby Mitchell
06	You Better Go Home	Bobby Mitchell
07	You're Going To Be Sorry	Bobby Mitchell
08	Hearts Of Fire	Bobby Mitchell
09	Well, I Done Got Over It	Bobby Mitchell
10	Just Say You Love Me	Bobby Mitchell
11	Send Me Your Picture	Bobby Mitchell
12	You're Doing Me Wrong	Bobby Mitchell
13	There's Only One Of You	Bobby Mitchell
14	Mama Don't Allow	Bobby Mitchell
15	When First We Met	Bobby Mitchell
16	I'll Fiddle While You Cry	Bobby Mitchell
17	Oh Yeah	Bobby Mitchell
18	My Southern Belle	Bobby Mitchell
19	Got To Call That Number	Bobby Mitchell
20	I Never Knew What Hit Me	Bobby Mitchell
21	I Don't Want To Be A Wheel No More	Bobby Mitchell
22	Walking In Circles	Bobby Mitchell
23	You Got The Nerve	Bobby Mitchell

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From: Mo Lotow On: 5 Sep 2017

New Orleans Rhythm & Blues at its best

Fantastic box set about the guy who did the best version of 'I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday' which was composed by Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew! The slap bass is so great and Mitchell's version grooves much more than Fats Domino's and besides that the whole set is a real dig and I've listened to it many a times and still enjoy this great musician!

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